ICON Build
Supply Base Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field (preferred).
About the job
Owns mechanical supplier performance and development, qualifying suppliers and improving quality, delivery, and cost for ICON’s hardware production.
What you'll do
- Manage supplier relationships, qualification, audits, and corrective actions for mechanical components and assemblies.
- Partner with Mechanical Engineering on product introduction, design for manufacturability, component standardization, and sourcing decisions.
- Improve supplier quality, delivery, and cost; support sourcing strategy, negotiations, and production continuity.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience in mechanical engineering, supply chain engineering, supplier quality engineering, or manufacturing engineering involving mechanical components.
- Strong technical background in mechanical disciplines such as fabrication, machined parts, weldments, hydraulics, or electromechanical assemblies.
- Demonstrated ability to drive supplier corrective action and improvement programs with measurable results.
- Experience supporting new product introduction in a hardware manufacturing environment.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience or knowledge in supplier qualification processes, including capability assessments, PPAP, FAI, and supplier audits.
Tools
PPAP, FAI, SCAR, ERP, PLM, NetSuite, GD&T, RFQ
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